Monitoring national exams to cost taxpayers KSh 4.2 billion in allowances for officials

- The officers are given daily allowance of between KSh 6, 300 and KSh 18,000

- Air transport and accommodation allowances is provided for officers deployed in regions away from Nairobi

Government officers monitoring Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams are making a killing from the ongoing month-long exercise.

By the end of exams taxpayers shall have paid a whooping KSh 4.2 billion in allowances for departmental heads, cabinet secretaries, principal secretaries among other officials who have been deployed in exam monitoring.

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